Bhore SJ. Highlights of Biosafety and Biosecurity Month (BBM)at the AIMST University and Perspectives on Biorisk Management.
Bioinformation 2019;
15:568-571. [PMID:
31719766 PMCID:
PMC6822518 DOI:
10.6026/97320630015568]
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Abstract
The innovations and developments in microbiology, biomedical sciences, and biotechnology come along with the challenges of biological
risk (biorisk). Biorisk is defined as the "combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm where the source
of harm is a biological agent or toxin." Biorisk is a borderless challenge to the global community. Hence, all universities, colleges, centers of
bio-excellence, and institutions of higher learning can and should do their bit to educate technical members, academicians, students and
stakeholders (LASS) for the efficient and comprehensive biorisk management (BRM) for our and future generations safety and
sustainability.
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